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Originally Posted by tward13
Matt, isn't Sockalexis the reason the Cleveland team's name was changed to Indians?
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He is the origin of the Indians nickname, but technically it's not the same franchise. Remember, there was no AL until 1901. The Spiders disbanded after 1899 because the majority of their stars had been given to another team (can't remember why...I think the owner owned two teams and just raided the Spiders).
In 1900, Cleveland didn't have a franchise, then they were given one in 1901 when the AL was created. It was renamed the Indians after Sockalexis in 1915 after being named the Naps for 13 years.
Matt, are you going to keep the name the Naps, by the way, or will they be the Bronchos until 1915? It'll be weird since he'll always be on the Phillies.